Being a congresswoman is tough, says Mouth-Breather Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). I mean, it’s downright costly to the point of insanity.
This time, she’s not complaining about some guy calling her a “Big-Booty Latina” with a “delicious booty” (the latter was never uttered, she made that up)-she is now complaining about her pittance of a salary as a Congresswoman.
She wants you to know that being in Congress isn’t easy being in Congress with that $174,000 a year salary and travel perks. AOC took to Instagram Opinion on her meager congressional salary and the cost of living in Washington, DC, and New York City.
For the record, the median household income nationwide is less than half their individual salary — at $67,000 in 2020.
AOC argued that the need to retain a home in NYC and DC can create “class dynamics” between congressmen who can both more easily afford residences and those who can’t.
Poor @AOC only making 174,000 dollars a year.. during inflation and our economy going down the toilet she’s complaining about her salary. Go dems!
— Tyler James Perkins (@_Tylerperkins23) July 16, 2022
“It’s insanely expensive, there is no stipend or per diem for it, and you’re not allowed to write it off even though your job forces you to have it,” she complained.
“This creates real class dynamics in the House,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram story.
“Many sleep in their offices, but if you are caught, it could get bad for many reasons, including violations,” she continued.
She then points to the rising cost of living, a result of Biden’s poor economic policies since taking office.
“I rent in both cities. It’s so so much… We have to find a new apartment in NYC soon and I’m STRESSED. Rent is wild and the idea of [apartment] searching and moving while legislating and campaigning is yikes.”
The Gateway Pundit provided these details:
Since Biden has taken office, and the country has mostly reopened following the COVID pandemic, housing costs have substantially increased, along with all other essentials.
A recent report from the real estate brokerage Redfin showed that asking rent on average has gone up 15% in 2022 over last year. And in May, the monthly median asking rent was over $2,000 for the first time, the most significant increase in more than two years. Rent inflation in single-family home rentals was up 26% in 2021.
However, in major cities, like New York and D.C., rent has jumped as much as 40% in the last year. With rent rising about 4x faster than income since 1985, Americans are forced to move to cheaper, subpar units or spend significantly more of their earnings on rent.
Rent prices nationwide increased an average of 2% annually from 2012 until 2021. However, in 2021 and 2022, rent prices nationwide have increased an average of 3.8%.
Most Americans spend more than 30% of their annual income on housing. Inflated prices resulted in the average worker effectively losing 2.4% of their pay in 2021, which will undoubtedly increase throughout 2022.
CPI rent/housing/OER data is 7-9 months delayed. The Fed will be hiking deep into a housing crash https://t.co/BWZqBweysi
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 17, 2022
Not everyone was fooled by her persona though as New York Democratic political strategist Jon Reinish noted to the AP, “Outside of the very online far-left, she’s not popular. She is considerably to the left of the vast majority of New York voters.”
Sources: TheGatewayPundit, CNBC
